Medium:

Stone

Dimensions:

H x W x D (a): 2.6 x 1.9 x 0.4 cm (1 x 3/4 x 3/16 in)

Type:

Jewelry and Ornament

Origin:

China or Korea

Date:

after 200 BCE

Period:

Han dynasty or Late Bronze Age or later

Provenance:

To 1917

C.K. Wong, Shanghai, China, to 1917 [1]

From 1917 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from C.K. Wong, in New York in 1917 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Reserved Miscellaneous List, R. 6613, pg. 16, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1.

[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Previous custodian or owner:

C. K. Wong (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

carving  Search this

jade  Search this

Three Kingdoms period (57 BCE - 676 CE)  Search this

Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)  Search this

Bronze Age (1500 - 400 BCE)  Search this

Korea  Search this

Korean Art  Search this

monster  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1917.428a-c

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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